# A New Task for the Philosophy of Science

**Authors:** Nicholas Maxwell  
**arXiv:** [1912.04396](https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.04396)  
**Date:** 2019-12-09  
**Summary page:** https://www.summarizepaper.com/en/arxiv-id/1912.04396v1/

## Key points

- -Philosophers of science have a crucial task to persuade the scientific community to embrace and implement a new philosophy of science.
- -The new philosophy would enable us to create a more rigorous and socially responsible form of science that serves humanity's best interests.
- -Scientists should consider not only what they can do but also what they should do.
- -A reexamination of our current approach to scientific inquiry is necessary.

## Summary

In his paper "A New Task for the Philosophy of Science," philosopher Nicholas Maxwell argues that philosophers of science have a crucial task ahead of them: to persuade the scientific community to embrace and implement a new philosophy of science that better reflects the changing intellectual aims of science. This new philosophy would enable us to create a more rigorous and socially responsible form of science that serves humanity's best interests. Maxwell's argument emphasizes the importance for scientists to consider not only what they can do but also what they should do, ultimately calling for a reexamination of our current approach to scientific inquiry.